At least the brawl in the closing seconds should catch HBO’s attention as after Rangers’ Michael Del Zotto forechecked Tomas Kopecky with the butt end of his stick in the back of the head, Kopecky decked him, but then was pummeled by Mike Rupp.

Kopecky received a match penalty and may have to sit out Saturday’s New Year’s Eve game against the Canadiens.

“Some guy crosschecks you in the back he deserves a smash in the face. He got what he deserved and then guys that play five minutes a night, that’s typical they go out there and grab one of our skilled players,’’ Dineen said. “We’ll see what the response is.”